While in Adelaide for work a few weeks ago on Wednesday the 4th of October, I entered the "CEO Shootout" for a bit of fun at the Adelaide 36ers home stadium. With about 25 or 30 competitors lining up, expectations were pretty low, but I had...
The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) is a medium-sized, ground dwelling marsupial mammal, which was once common in south-eastern Australia. As a result of the cumulative impacts of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, altered fire regimes, and introduced predators, the species is listed as Endangered nationally. However,...
A couple of weeks ago I headed out to Gower Conservation Park, Tantanoola and a nearby biodiversity corridor with Year 3/4 students from Newbery Park Primary School. I met the bus-full of students with their teacher and SSO Angela at the conservation park, where we...
Lizards being cold blooded, bask in the morning sun to raise their internal body temperature and stimulate their metabolism. They position their body to soak up maximum sunlight, spreading themselves to create more surface area. As their internal temperature warms up, their muscles become limber,...
Well, it's certainly been a busy couple of years for us at Glenshera Swamp (Stipiturus CP), as we've progressed from restoration planning to on-ground works. And so, after a wet July and August (and equally damp start to September), it is time to show you what...
Well, it's been quite a journey over the past 12 months in getting to know another important wetland on the Fleurieu Peninsula at Hesperilla CP (just south of Mt Compass), a small remnant portion of the originally much larger Square Waterhole Swamp. The original extent of Square...
In conjunction with the recent work completed for Hesperilla Conservation Park, Natural Resources SA MDB also asked NGT to provide a broader view and understanding of landscape change in the wider Tookayerta Catchment (around Mt Compass) on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide - with a view...
Over the past four years, we have continued monitoring populations in the Murray River that had suffered significant (80% decline) population loss due to the 2010‒11 extreme blackwater event. Over that time, we have only observed a gradual increase in the abundance of affected populations,...
Fish stocking for fishery purposes is routinely undertaken, but conservation translocations remain relatively uncommon in the aquatic world (in terrestrial ecosystems however they are more widespread). On a sunny day in late July 2017, a small but important step toward the recovery of Murray crayfish...
With the impacts (and fishing closures) occurring in New South Wales, Victoria now maintains the geographically largest recreational fishery for the species. With this in mind, it is timely that we have just finalised the most comprehensive assessment of the Victorian recreational fishery in Victoria ever...
